Distorted guitars were a big part of the rock revolution last century; we try to forget about the roll. As a youth, [David Hilowitz] couldn’t afford a loud aggressive amp, a distortion pedal, or even a proper electric guitar. This experience ended up teaching him that you can use random old audio hardware as a
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Nintendo has added support for passkeys, a passwordless sign-in method that uses your fingerprint, face scan, or other methods to give you access to your online accounts. As spotted earlier by NintendoSoup (via 9to5Mac), Nintendo now lets you register and use a passkey to sign in to your
Read MoreIllustration: The Verge Meta’s in-development edit button for Threads might let you edit posts within five minutes of publishing them, as reported by developer Alessandro Paluzzi on X (formerly Twitter). Instagram chief Adam Mosseri confirmed shortly after the app’s July launch that an edit button was on the list of potential features, and now that
Read MoreImage: The Verge Mastodon, the federated microblogging platform, has been updated to version 4.2, which comes with massive improvements to search and the web interface, particularly for logged-out and first-time users. One of Mastodon’s many charming qualities is that, unlike Twitter X, Bluesky, Instagram, and most other social media platforms, the user base is split
Read MoreAmazon’s first projector project, the Amazon Glow, folded in failure last year. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge Amazon is reportedly working on a projector that would turn any surface in your home into a screen, as reported by Reuters. People familiar with the matter told the news organization that the projector
Read MoreRazer’s vision of your future. | Image: Razer Razer now has its own light bulb. And two lamps. And a flexible LED lighting strip. They’re all filled with RGB LEDs, they all sync with other RGB products in Razer’s Chroma network, and they’re all coming by the end of this year. Together, they could theoretically
Read MorePhoto by Chris Welch/The Verge This morning, Microsoft set the release date for its AI-powered Copilot feature and showed off some of its capabilities for the first time. At a “Responsible AI” panel following the announcement, company executives spoke about the danger of over-reliance on its generative software, which was shown creating blog posts, images,
Read MoreImage: PBKreviews via YouTube Want to get a look at the inside of the iPhone 15 Pro? The flagship handheld hasn’t even started shipping yet, but the folks over at PBKreviews have already taken apart the device, revealing the redesigned midframe chassis, along with all the components nestled beneath the iPhone 15 Pro’s screen and
Read MoreRobots are cool. Robots you build yourself are cooler, especially ones that use stuff you have lying around already. Snoopy is a new open-source robot that uses an Arduino as a brain but with a 3D printed body and a short list of parts that can probably be sourced from the junk drawer. It’s still
Read MoreYou’ve picked the larger version of the iPhone 15, probably at least in part because you want that extra screen real estate. Don’t let it get all scratched up or cracked, pick up one of the best iPhone 15 Plus screen protectors.
Read MoreKyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Mesh, which helps its customers transfer and manage digital assets like crypto, raised a $22M Series A led by Money Forward, bringing its total funding to $32M — Mesh (formerly Front Finance), a startup developing a service to help customers transfer and manage digital assets like crypto …
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority A family claims Google Maps led a father to drive off of a collapsed bridge. The family is now suing Google, Alphabet, and two local companies claimed to be responsible for maintaining the land and bridge. Residents have reportedly notified Google Maps about the hazardous bridge previously. Google Maps
Read MoreBuying (and burying) Myspace, beefing up Fox News, lighting media dumpster fires—the longtime News Corp head shaped cultural conversations. With his exit, that era can end.
Read MoreAlex Barinka / Bloomberg: Snap says Snapchat+ now has 5M+ subscribers, up from 3M in April 2023; the $3.99 per month tier launched in June 2022, after an industry slowdown in ad revenue — Snap Inc. has gained more than 5 million subscribers for its paid service, an offering that gives users early access to
Read MoreThe Razer Fujin. | Image: Razer I sit in a Herman Miller Aeron every single day — so my eyes absolutely popped when I saw the Razer Fujin for the first time. I know, lots of chairs have tried to duplicate the Aeron’s legendary stretchy mesh ergonomics and iconic shape since its 1994 debut. What’s
Read MoreOne of the Show 10’s best features is its swiveling stand, which allows it to follow you as you move around the room. | Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge Amazon may have announced a new soundbar, a third-gen Echo Show 8, and a slew of other devices during its recent fall hardware event,
Read MoreAlex Konrad / Forbes: Bastian Lehmann’s TipTop launches an app that scans for past purchases in users’ Gmail and Amazon accounts and offers to buy their used products at a fair value — Billed as a “reverse Postmates,” TipTop has launched its first app, TipTop Cash, with the promise to help shoppers resell products like
Read MoreImage: Larian Studios The next Baldur’s Gate 3 patch (launching tomorrow) is adding the No. 1 thing players have been asking for: a barbershop. Starting tomorrow, the Magic Mirror will be added with Patch 3, which will give players the ability to change the appearance of their characters. Finally. With Patch 3 comes the Magic
Read MoreHyundai’s home charger install deal only works with residential properties. | Image: Hyundai If you were holding off on buying an EV because you didn’t know where to start on getting a home charger installed, Hyundai’s new deal might help you out. The automaker is now offering a free home electric vehicle charger plus up
Read MoreWell, I must admit that Google Translate completely failed me here, and thus I have no real idea what the trick is to this beautiful, stunning transparent split keyboard by [illness072]. Allegedly, the older tweets (exes?) hold the key to this magic, but again, Google Translate. Based on top picture, I assume that the answer
Read MoreYou can put Lego Mario coins inside! | Image: Lego For the past few years, Lego has been releasing a collection of intricate, affordable sets for adults who want a touch of green in their lives without pruning or watering, like the Lego Bonsai Tree, Orchid, and Succulents. Now, there’s a Mario set fit to
Read MoreMicrosoft’s annual product showcase was all about Surface, Copilot, and the Copilot assistant coming to Windows.
Read MoreEmma Roth / The Verge: Microsoft announces the Surface Hub 3, offering 50″ or 85″ 4K PixelSense displays with anti-glare, smart rotation, and portrait mode, available later in 2023 — Microsoft has revealed the Surface Hub 3, the latest version of the company’s all-in-one collaborative touchscreen device.
Read MoreAmazon Fire TVs already represent great value for money. Your hard-earned cash goes towards higher specs or more screen real estate rather than the branding. So when you see an unprecedented 50% price drop on the 55-inch Amazon Fire 4-Series 4K UHD Smart TV, you know it’s a deal not to be missed. 55-inch Amazon
Read MorePhoto by Chris Welch / The Verge Microsoft just announced the Surface Laptop Go 3 at its Surface event on Thursday, and we’ve gotten to briefly try it out as part of a demo session after the main presentation. As we expected after watching Microsoft’s presentation, the laptop looks just like last year’s Surface Laptop
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